Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Virabhadra (great hero)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | war god. Considered to be a form of SIVA, and occasionally of VISNU, Virabhadra acts as a martial aspect of Siva against the god DAKSA, who according to some accounts abused Siva's wife SATI and drove her to angry suicide by self-immolation to avenge the slight. He is depicted bearing four arms. Attributes: arrow, bow, shield and sword. He sometimes wears a necklace of skulls. Three-eyed and three-headed.... |
God name "Viracocha" | Inca | God of storms and war, the chief deity. Inca |
Goddess name "Viradechthis aka Harimella" | Scotland | Goddess of protection. Scotland |
Goddess name "Viraj" | Hindu / Vedic | Primordial goddess. Identified as the active female creative principle in the Rg Veda.... |
Goddess name "Viranakka" | Saami | A goddess of hunting |
God name "Viraratri (night of courage)" | Hindu | God. See also CHINNAMASTAKA.... |
Goddess name "Virbius" | Roman | An ancient mythical king of Aricia and a favourite of Diana, who, when he had died, called him to life and intrusted him to the care of the nymph Aegeria. The fact of his being a favourite of Diana, the Taurian goddess, seems to have led the Romans to identify him with Hippolytus who, according to some traditions, had established the worship of Diana. Roman |
God name "Virbius" | Roman | Minor chthonic god. A malevolent underworld deity who was frequently invoked during the worship of Diana in the Arician woodlands surrounding her sanctuary at Nemi. Virbius was reputed to prowl these woods and to be an emanation of Hippolytus, a mortal who had been trampled to death by his horses and made immortal by Aesculapius. For this reason the Arician woods were barred to horses.... |
Goddess name "Virginalis" | Roman | A title of the goddess Juno. In this aspect she protected virginity. |
"Virginia" | Roman | Yes Virginia, there really is a Santa Clause. |
Goddess name "Virilis" | Roman | An aspect of the goddess Fortuna who attended a man's career. Roman |
Goddess name "Viriplaca" | Roman | the goddess who soothes the anger of man, was a surname of Juno, describing her as the restorer of peace between married people. Roman |
"Virmalised" | Estonian | The personification of the Polar Lights. Estonian |
King name "Virtus" | Roman | The Roman personification of manly valour. She was represented with a short tunic, her right breast uncovered, a helmet on her head, a spear in her left hand, a sword in the right, and standing with her right foot on a helmet. There was a golden statue of her at Rome, which Alaricus, king of the Goths, melted down. Roman |
God name "Virtus" | Roman | God of military prowess. Known particularly from the second century BC.... |
Demon name "Virudhaka (sprouted)" | Buddhist | God. A dikpala or guardian of the southerly direction. Color: blue or green. Attributes: skin from the head of an elephant and sword. Also identified as the head of a group of demons, the kumbhandas.... |
Deities name "Virupaksa (misinformed eyes)" | Hindu Buddhist | 1 God. Epithet of SIVA and one of the EKADASARUDRAS or eleven RUDRA deities. Attributes: ax, bell, club, cup, drum, hook, knife, lotus, prayer wheel, rosary, Sakti and sword. Threeheaded.... |
Spirit name "Viryaparamita" | Buddhist | Philosophical deity. spiritual offspring of RATNASAMBHAVA. Color: green. Attributes: blue lotus and jeweled banner.... |